Last week we discussed the impending doom of Hollywood. As the media was frantically warning us, the entire entertainment industry was on the verge of collapse thanks to a writer’s strike, an actor’s strike, and a series of supposed blockbusters that turned out to be flops. This was in some ways an ironic combination of factors, given that the quality and performance of these movies would seem to indicate that the writers and actors had already been on strike for years. The average viewer will come out of the latest Hollywood dud, hear that the writers just went on strike, and respond, “Wait, that movie had writers?” It already seems like these films are being generated by AI. Now they really will be, and I doubt we’ll be able to detect any difference.
It has been a gloomy time in Hollywood all around. But this weekend has given them a glimmer of hope. A false hope, I think. A hope that will teach them all the wrong lessons, but hope all the same. The Hollywood Reporter declares a box office “stunner.” A historic weekend for movies, they report:
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